Hamper, wastebasket, and hassockhamper constructions



Dec. 8, 1964 M. A. PRovl 3,160,311

HAMPER, wAsTEBAsxET, AND HAssocx-HAMPER coNsTRucTIoNs original Filed June 27, 1960 2 sheets-sheet 1 Dec. 8, 1964 M. A. PROVI HAMFER, WASTEBASKET, AND HASSOCKHAMPER CONSTRUCTIONS Original. Filed June 27. 1960 zal 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3,150,311 HAMIER, WAS'EEBASKE'I, AND HASSGCK- HAE/IFFR CGNSTRUCTIONS Mike A. Provi, Rockford, Iii., assigner to The Brearley Company, Rockford, Iii., a corporation of Iilinois Original appiication June 27, 136i), Ser. No. 39,083. Divided and this application Aug. 25, 1961, Ser. No.

1 Claim. (Cl. 220-67) This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 39,083, led June 27, 1960, now abandoned.

This invention relates to hampers and the like, and has for its principal object the provision of lightweight but sturdy and durable structures of this kind at low cost without, however, sacricing neatness and attractiveness in appearance, the present structures being actually of enhanced appearance in relation to others much more expensive in construction. n

Among the novel features of the present constructions are:

(l) The provision of top and bottom frames pressed into the upper and lower ends of a tubular body that Vforms the front, back and opposed side walls, the bottom frame having a bottom wall mounted therein and the top frame having a top flange, which in the case of a hamper or the like has a lid hingedly connected therewith.

(2) The provision of a construction of the kind just described in which the tubular body is of sheet metal construction and the press iit of the top and bottom frames in the opposite ends of said body makes the provision of 'additional fastenings for the frame unnecessary other than bending inwardly lugs from the back wall into engagement behind flanges on said frames.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wastebasket made in accordance with my invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the upper end portion of a hamper or hassock-hamper which is generally similar in construction to the wastebasket of FIG. l but includes a hinged lid;

FIG. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of FIG. 1, showing the construction on a larger scale, and omitting the wrap-around covering shown in FIG. l;

FIG. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5 5 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of FIG. l, showing the wrap-around covering;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged inside view of a portion of the wrap-around covering to better illustrate the hooks on the metal strips inserted in the hems provided on the opposite ends ofthe wrap-around covering; and

FIG. 8 is an enlargement of a portion of FIG. 5.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 14 designates a wastebasket generally in FIGS. l, 4, 5, 6 and 8, having top and bottom frames 15 and 16 of formed sheet metal construction. Each of these frames includes a generally channel-shaped outer portion 17 whose channels open inwardly with respect to the frame and have abutment on one side with the top and bottom edges of the tubular sheet metal body 18, J-shaped flanges 19 being delined on the inner walls of the channels 17, the outwardly curved ends 20 of which not only provide nicely rounded edges at 21 inside the body 18, so important from the standpoint of eliminating dangerous raw edges, which would be bad in the case of a wastebasket as well as in the case of a hamper or hassock-harnper, like that Shown at 22 in FIGS. 2 and 3, but they also facilitate the rice pressing, hammering or tamping inplace of the framesr 15 and 16 into the opposite ends of the body 18, besides providing a convenient place for fastening the body to the frames by bending inwardly lugs 23 from the perforated portions 24 of the body near the top and bottom thereof. When the lugs 23 on the top frame 15 are bent downwardly and the lugs 23 on the bottom frame 16 are bent upwardly it Should be clear that if an end frame in any given case has not been pressed home all the way, the bending inwardly of these lugs 23, which is done by hand with a screw driver or some similar tool, will surely help to .bring about the tighter fastening of the frame.

Where, as in the case of a hamper or hassock-hamper,-

the sheet metal body 1S is ribbed or otherwise formed for reinforcement and decorativeness, as indicated at 25 in FIG. 2, only the back wall 26 of the body will be fastened in this way to the top and bottom frames, so as not to detract from the appearance of the front and side Walls by having perforations 24 therein. In the case of a wastebasket, like that shown at 14 in FIG. l, the top wall 27 of the channel 17 in the top frame 15, which is folded to double thickness, as indicated at 2S, so as to provide rounded inner edges 29, and thus avoid having any exposed raw edges, is bent downwardly as indicatedat 30 in FIGS. 5 and 8. However, in the case of a hassock or hassock-hamper, the top wall 27 of the top frame 15', as appears in FIGS. 2 and 3, is not bent downwardly but left in the horizontal plane, and rectangular hinge plates 31 are fastened on top thereof, each by means of a single screw 32. at the approximate center thereof, each plate having a downwardly bent ange 33 on the inner side and a knuckle 34 is formed by curling the outer end to anchor one end portion of a pintle 35, the other end portion of which is received in a knuckle 36 in a rectangular hinge plane 37 fastened by means of a single screw 33' to the bottom of a lid 38 provided as a closure for the top ofthe hamper or hassock-hamper 22.

In wastebaskets, as well as in hampers and hassockhampers, a bottom wall 39 of liber board or the like tits in the channel portion 17 of the bottom frame 16, the bottom Wall 27 of the channel being prick-punched, as indicated at 40 in FIGS. 4 and 5, on both sides of the joint 41 where the two ends of the bottom frame 16 come together to anchor the frame to the bottom panel and keep the two ends from spreading before the ange 19 is pressed, hammered or tamped into the bottom of the tubular body 18. A sheet metal sleeve 42 is provided in telescoping relationship to the two ends of the top frame at the rear to cover the joint 41 and make for improved appearance. The form of thisl sleeve 42 is indicated in dotted lines in FIG. 8, and it is evident from that illustration that the sleeve improves the appearance at the joint from the outer side as well as the inner side, and, of course, when the top wall 27 of the upper frame 15 is bent inwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in FIG. 8, and as shown in FIG. 5, the sleeve is clinched in its midpositon. In the case of a hamper or hassock-hamper, where the top wall 27 is not bent downwardly, as seen in FIG. 3, the sleeve can be clinched in place from the bottom, as by prick-punching.

Where the body of a wastebasket, hamper or hassockhamper is of iiber board, cardboard or the like, it is usually a simple matter to decorate the same by transfers or the like, and where sheet metal is used, the body 'may be ribbed, as indicated at25 in FIG. 2, for decorative purposes and suitably painted or enamelled, but in other cases a decorative Wrap-around covering like that illustrated at 60 in FIGS. 1 and 61is used, the ilexible material being stretched over the front and opposite sides of the body 18 and suitably secured at both ends to the back wall 26, as illustrated in FIG 6. A quick and veasy method of fastening consists in. providing a series of vertically spaced eyebrow projections 61 struck out- Wardly from the back wall 26 onto which hook-shaped projections 62 provided .on sheet metal strips 63 secured in hems 64 on the ends of -the covering 60 are adapted to be engaged, holes 65 being providedinjthe inner wall t of the hem 64 through which' the hooks 62 Aextend for' cooperation Withthe eyebrow projections 61. Thus,

it is a simple matter rst 'to'hook one' end of` the oover'- l material of the covering 60 to` insure the hooks 62 remaining tightly engaged on the eyebrow VVprojection 61, so that the-covering 60 never gets loose. The supporting legs 65 may be of any suitable'or preferred form,

the ones herein shown being formed from sheet metal with'.`

top anges 66 riveted as at 67 to the undersideof the botf tom panel 39, and with the bottom flange 68,"provided with holes in which rubber pads 69 are securedffor non-marring, non-slipping engagement with the floor. The front and rear ends are defined byinwardly bent flanges 70 and 71 to lend strength and rigidity to the legs and also improve their appearance. Y

It is believed the foregoing description conveys a good.;

understanding of the objects andadvantages of my invention. all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim: t

In a receptacle of the character described, a tubular metallic body open at'one end, a relativelyrigid framev member of sheet metal construction. and annular form applied to the open end` of said-tubular body by means.

The appended claim has been drawn to coverA closure panel before entering'said annular ange of said yof an` annular flange provided thereon and entered lin the open end of said body with a closev t, said flange being generallyJ-shaped in cross-section, with the tail of the J at the inner end of the flange C-shaped and curved loutwardly toward the open end of said tubular body for abutment at its free edge with the inside of said tubular body, rmeans positively and permanently anchoring said frame member comprising lug projections defined by perforated 'portions of the walls of said tubular body reversely bent inwardly and away from the open end of said tubular body to C-shape into interlocking engagement with the outwardly curved C-shaped portion of said flange to secure the `frame member against outward displacement from the end of said tubular body,

said frame member being split transversely at'one point.

to provide abutting `free ends soV as to permitspreading of these ends to assemble said rframe member on' a frame member in the open end of said tubularV body, and a closure panel assembledinsaid frame member.

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